BBC2
The Flying Scotsman was saved for the nation thanks to an emotional campaign by York’s National Railway Museum in 2002. As the Scotsman comes home to Yorkshire for “Railfest” - a weeklong festival marking 200 years of the locomotive, we follow the ups and downs in its prestigious and hard-working life.
Flying Scotsman Comes Home traces the history of the world’s most famous engine starting with its manufacture in South Yorkshire, travelling through an eventful and tumultuous life, culminating in the threat over its future and the Railway Museum’s efforts to preserve it forever.
As historic locomotives from all over Britain converge on York for the festival the film brings to life the most dramatic moments in the history of Britain's railway. From Pen y Darren, the world’s first locomotive with a top speed of 5mph to today’s high speed tilt trains which can cruise at 150 mph.
Flying Scotsman Comes Home was later updated and broadcast as Steaming Back to Scarborough on BBC2.